In 2000, in a setback for Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade County officials to resume hand counting its election day ballots. Meanwhile, Gore’s lawyers argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that the high court should stay out of the Florida election controversy. #IconicPhoto
This recurring photo encapsulates the horrific stupidity of that election. Another nail in the coffin of American democracy. |
